The first-degree murder trial of 36-year-old Roderick Banks started Wednesday in Woodbury County District Court.
Banks is accused of the shooting death of Solomon Blackbird near 26th and Douglas late last year.
Authorities say the motive for the shooting might be related to a drug deal between two men.
Banks was arrested in Alabama and sent back to Sioux City for trial.
The average daily number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iowa is up 50% from two weeks ago, and up almost 67% from one week ago, according to the latest data from the New York Times and Washington Post.
Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch reports as of Sunday, Iowa’s seven-day average of confirmed new cases each day was 128, according to information from the Times.